We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 31 May 2026

 

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

The Peripheral Vascular Health Operating Unit is dedicated to the treatment of peripheral arterial and venous diseases. We offer our physician customers a comprehensive suite of products and therapies to treat varying degrees of vascular disease — disorders of the circulatory system outside of the brain and heart.

In this exciting role as a Senior Reliability Engineer supporting the Post Market Quality organization, you will provide technical leadership across all quality aspects of the commercial portfolio, including Health Risk Assessments, Post Market Surveillance, and Risk Management. You will serve as a key partner to cross functional teams, guiding critical quality decisions that protect patients and ensure sustained product performance

         

U.S. Candidates: This role offers a flexible work style that may include a combination of onsite and remote work. Please note that flexible arrangements are not guaranteed for all positions and may change over time based on business needs and facility space. Future adjustments could include transitioning to full-time onsite.

         

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Risk Management: Support risk assessments and hazard analyses based on post-market data; Lead Health Risk Assessments to determine potential risk and recommend need for Field Corrective Action (FCA)

• Post-Market Surveillance: Monitor product performance in the field, collect and analyze reliability data, and identify trends and potential issues

• Root Cause Investigation and Failure Analysis: Lead investigations into product failures and complaints, utilizing root cause analysis techniques to determine underlying causes; Support complaint trending and investigations of complaint trend excursions or quality signals from the field

• Design Control: Assess design and risk impacts of changes; generate, review, and approve FMEAs, test method validations, and verification and validation test reports in compliance with medical device design control requirements

• Continuous Improvement: Collaborate with design, manufacturing, and quality teams to implement design, process or supplier changes, corrective and preventive actions that enhance product reliability

• Customer Interaction: Provide technical support to customers and field personnel regarding reliability issues and product performance

• Coaching: Provide technical mentorship and coaching to junior engineers

Nice to Have 

• Prior experience in the medical device industry across product development, operations, or quality functions

• Demonstrated expertise in risk management in accordance with ISO 14971

• Strong technical writing and communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex technical topics to non-technical audiences

• Proven ability to lead root cause investigations, solve complex technical problems, and perform statistical data analysis

Requirements:  

• Requires a Baccalaureate degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math or a related technical discipline with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience 

OR 

• Advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience 

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